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Injection Molding

Streamlining processes starts with finding the right workflow. 3D Systems’ advanced solutions for mold and tool design and manufacturing mean you can create better, more complex injection molded parts at a lower cost and in a fraction of the time

Automotive

Healthcare

Experience the transformative power of 3D technology through the achievements that our customers have made in healthcare. Not only do our end-to-end 3D solutions change possibilities – they are transforming lives.

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From industry-leading engineering software and 3D printers, to printer materials and unique healthcare and manufacturing services, 3D Systems delivers the solutions you need to empower your business growth

3D Printers

With the broadest scope of 3D printing technologies we offer you a perfect combination of 3D printing process, material and application expertise.

Resources

Explore our customer stories, blog, videos and archived webinars to learn more about how our customers are optimizing their designs, transforming their workflows, bringing innovative products to market and driving new business models.

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3D Systems takes part in many different marketing events on a regular basis. These range from trade shows to seminars and online webinars. We also participate indirectly in a host of other engagements. 3D Systems is represented via our extensive reseller network at many events.

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Healthcare

Our customer service and technical support teams for simulation, surgical planning and medical device manufacturing are committed to the highest levels of service. This support is available in real time via telephone, email or the web.

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3D Printers

From plastics to metals, a 3D printer can open up new possibilities in digital manufacturing and workflows. Our printer sales are handled via an extensive global partner network and our channel managers.

Software

3D Systems offers a comprehensive line of software solutions that cover everything from scanning to part and tool design to subtractive and additive manufacturing and inspection. Use our software solutions to increase your productivity, shorten your delivery time, and get quality results.

Cimatron CAD/CAM Software

Dramatically increase your productivity, competitiveness and profitability with a wide range of dedicated applicative tools as well as full range of CNC technologies from simple 2.5 axis milling and drilling to complex 5-axis machining.

3D Sprint for Plastic 3D Printing

Quickparts – On Demand Manufacturing Services

On Demand Manufacturing Services (Quickparts) has changed the way product development and manufacturing professionals source custom-designed parts. Get instant, custom generated quotes for the production of parts, anywhere in the world.

Healthcare solutions

Medical Simulators

3D Systems' product line is at the forefront of virtual reality medical simulation. The training simulators offer clinicians the most realistic, hands-on experience to master critical skills to ensure procedural efficiency without patient risk.

Anatomical Models

Using medical image data, 3D Systems services use different additive manufacturing processes and materials to produce physical anatomical models, with the option to sterilize for reference during surgery.

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In every academic discipline, there are leaders, and there are followers. The University of Applied Sciences Hannover, Media, Information and Design Department (www.fh-hannover.de) is internationally known as a leader in the field of industrial design and mechanical product design. The faculty’s enthusiasm for their field makes Hannover’s Media, Information and Design Department an incubator and test-bed for new technology and methods.

Additionally, the Department’s reputation for innovation has made it the preferred destination for selective graduates interested in training with state-of-the-art methods used in industry. FHH is continuing to prepare its students, and enhance its reputation by offering training in Geomagic Design X.

Media, Information and Design Department of University of Applied Sciences Hannover

Professor Dr.-Ing. Falk Höhn (FHH – faculty III) has studied the history of reverse engineering software, and is expert in creating new design based on existing shape. Prof. Dr. Falk Höhn has tracked activities in the commercial realm. One of Dr. Falk Höhn’s inspirations is Trimetric GmbH (www.trimetric.de), a German-qualified service bureau using Geomagic Design X to create native CAD models from scan data. Trimetric’s success with Design X has inspired Prof. Dr.-Ing. Falk Höhn to use Design X as the core of a course in which students improve on the design of existing parts. In this case, they chose the popular Ducati Hypermotard motorcycle, and set out to improve on the motorcycle’s seat for passenger comfort and aesthetics. For their coursework, the students use CAD from one of the major vendors like Solidworks, ProE/Creo, Inventor, UG Siemens NX and CATIA. The learning curve is shortened by Design X which has a familiar user interface, similar to the CAD software.

Motorcycle’s seat and its scanning process with 3D scanner

More importantly, Geomagic Design X enables the students to generate complete parametric CAD Models from 3D Scan data, and to transfer those models – complete with the modeling history to the CAD system of choice. This is known as third generation or 3G modeling. Design X is unique because it retains both the shape and the history (i.e., the sequence in which each feature is created).

Alternative methods (2G modeling) capture the shape of the part, but that is only half the job. This history or sequence is critical to defining the relationship between various features, and – in a broader sense – the intention of the original designer. Without the history, later changes to the model may make it unusable. For example, those five lug bolts on your car’s wheel are related to each other by being on a single circular pattern that is concentric to the car’s spindle. If the model did not capture this point of the designer’s intention, subsequent edits might yield an error-prone wheel that hops down the road or that doesn’t fit the lug bolt pattern. Without the design intent, one edits the CAD model at their peril.

Redesigning process of the seat and its deviation map represented in colors

These students who are learning on motorcycle seats in class will graduate to design medical devices, automobiles, aircrafts; places where choices and edits have life or death implications. FHH students are well prepared by training with an academic leader on the same Geomagic Design X software they’re likely to use in these critical industries today.

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Scan to CAD

Lost or missing design plans are a thing of the past. The ability to reverse engineer parts with 3D Systems’ scan-to-CAD workflow means you always have CAD data available.

Design and Engineering

Streamline and enhance your design and engineering with 3D Systems scan, engineering, production and inspection technologies that integrate with your CAD implementations and production and supply chain processes